I often wonder where I stand with that crowd. I'm white and have been here for 40+ years, but I certainly wasn't born here. Am I supposed to skedaddle or can I stay if I promise to get me a cowboy hat?

Why not? It would match this endless February we seem to be stuck in

Let's hope active users get a wee bit of that space. As much as I loved the look of the old bridge, it was an uncomfortable bottleneck on the Oliverbahn.

Damnation, Imma miss out on this sweet deal cause all I have to do is cross a couple streets 😆

So it looks like both "dollar stores" at 101 St and 107 Ave, which were always surrounded by drug sellers, drug buyers, and other delightful personages, have now been shut down. The one south of 107 Ave has been boarded up for a few weeks now and the one north of 107 Ave has looked closed as of...

How cool to have bits and pieces of your life commemorated in street names!

Ah, but not great for the environment, alas.

Having lived in Chicago, I can attest that Wrigley was fabulous. It was so nice to see something completely different, a stadium incorporated into the urban fabric coming wildly alive during games. Huge difference from the monolithic Soldier Field, a much more typical set-up.

Maybe, but it still looms over the neighbour, is architecturally dull, and contributes nothing to the pleasantness of the area. My cousin's family lives down this street and it went from being a very cute, cozy place filled with character, to an area of gargantuan, hideous, inelegant blocks that...

Case in point:

I find Steve Hogle's response to the potential loss of parking markedly different from the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market's. Solutions versus whining is a much better look. OSFM has been spoiled for years.

I like the idea the article makes, too, that harm reduction needs to also apply to the rest of us who also exist in the space occupied by the addicts.

Came across this article this morning and figured it had some good points to make. I particularly liked the idea of accountability. My super leftie performatively woke friends (who, incidentally, don't live downtown) tend to go on and on about how we need to respect the addicts but somehow...

No cheap cladding like all the variants of siding we see all over the city for one. Some attempt to blend better into the neighbourhood, scale-wise, so that your yard isn't suddenly overlooked by a looming behemoth. I honestly don't think it would take more than some thoughtful design choices...

OMG, I had forgotten about the NO KNIVES! hotel! Memory lane!